Suining 绥宁县 | |
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  Suining Location in Hunan | |
| Coordinates (Suining County government):26°34′55″N110°09′21″E / 26.5820°N 110.1557°E /26.5820; 110.1557 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Province | Hunan |
| Prefecture-level city | Shaoyang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Suining County (simplified Chinese:绥宁县;traditional Chinese:綏寧縣;pinyin:Suíníng Xiàn) is acounty in theProvince ofHunan, China, it is under the administration ofShaoyang City. Located in the southwest of the province, the county is bordered to the north byDongkou County, to the west byHuitong andJingzhou Counties, to the southwest byTongdao County, to the southeast byChengbu County, and to the east byWugang City. Suining County covers an area of 2,917 km2 (1,126 sq mi), and as of 2015, it had a registered population of 387,800 and a permanent resident population of 356,800.[1] The county has ninetowns and eighttownships under its jurisdiction. Thecounty seat is thetown of Changpu (长铺镇).[2]
In Suining County, ethnic Yao live in Lianmin 联民乡, Shuikou 水口乡, and Jinwutang 金屋塘乡 townships. The dialect of Xiaohuang, Tianluoxuan Village, Lianmin Township (联民乡田螺旋村小黄组) is included in theSuining County Gazetteer (1997).
Chinese dialects are spoken by the ethnic Miao of Guanxia 关峡苗族乡 and Matang 麻塘苗族乡 ethnic Miao townships.[3]
| Climate data for Suining, elevation 310 m (1,020 ft), (1991–2020 normals, extremes 1991–present) | |||||||||||||
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| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Record high °C (°F) | 26.2 (79.2) | 31.8 (89.2) | 32.9 (91.2) | 36.4 (97.5) | 37.4 (99.3) | 37.7 (99.9) | 38.7 (101.7) | 39.5 (103.1) | 38.7 (101.7) | 35.6 (96.1) | 31.3 (88.3) | 27.5 (81.5) | 39.5 (103.1) |
| Mean daily maximum °C (°F) | 10.1 (50.2) | 13.1 (55.6) | 17.1 (62.8) | 23.7 (74.7) | 27.6 (81.7) | 30.3 (86.5) | 32.9 (91.2) | 32.7 (90.9) | 29.4 (84.9) | 24.1 (75.4) | 19.0 (66.2) | 13.2 (55.8) | 22.8 (73.0) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 6.3 (43.3) | 8.6 (47.5) | 12.3 (54.1) | 17.8 (64.0) | 21.9 (71.4) | 25.1 (77.2) | 26.9 (80.4) | 26.5 (79.7) | 23.5 (74.3) | 18.5 (65.3) | 13.4 (56.1) | 8.3 (46.9) | 17.4 (63.4) |
| Mean daily minimum °C (°F) | 3.9 (39.0) | 5.8 (42.4) | 9.3 (48.7) | 14.2 (57.6) | 18.2 (64.8) | 21.8 (71.2) | 23.2 (73.8) | 22.9 (73.2) | 19.9 (67.8) | 15.2 (59.4) | 10.2 (50.4) | 5.4 (41.7) | 14.2 (57.5) |
| Record low °C (°F) | −5.0 (23.0) | −3.2 (26.2) | −0.3 (31.5) | 2.0 (35.6) | 9.6 (49.3) | 14.7 (58.5) | 17.6 (63.7) | 16.3 (61.3) | 11.9 (53.4) | 2.6 (36.7) | −1.0 (30.2) | −5.0 (23.0) | −5.0 (23.0) |
| Averageprecipitation mm (inches) | 60.7 (2.39) | 66.3 (2.61) | 120.3 (4.74) | 137.2 (5.40) | 201.9 (7.95) | 212.1 (8.35) | 165.7 (6.52) | 130.2 (5.13) | 70.8 (2.79) | 81.7 (3.22) | 68.2 (2.69) | 49.4 (1.94) | 1,364.5 (53.73) |
| Average precipitation days(≥ 0.1 mm) | 15.3 | 13.8 | 17.6 | 17.3 | 16.9 | 16.4 | 13.5 | 13.7 | 10.0 | 11.4 | 10.9 | 11.6 | 168.4 |
| Average snowy days | 4.1 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 1.0 | 7.7 |
| Averagerelative humidity (%) | 77 | 77 | 79 | 79 | 80 | 82 | 80 | 79 | 78 | 78 | 77 | 74 | 78 |
| Mean monthlysunshine hours | 50.7 | 55.3 | 68.0 | 99.6 | 119.5 | 114.6 | 184.6 | 179.0 | 139.4 | 112.0 | 103.8 | 80.7 | 1,307.2 |
| Percentagepossible sunshine | 15 | 17 | 18 | 26 | 29 | 28 | 44 | 45 | 38 | 32 | 32 | 25 | 29 |
| Source:China Meteorological Administration[4][5] | |||||||||||||
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